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On April 16, the Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs for the province of New Brunswick released a consultation paper setting out the proposed regulations under the province's "Franchises Act" (the "Act").

OAKBERRY, a Brazilian franchise with locations in more than 30 countries, is expanding into Western Canada. Five OAKBERRY locations will open in Vancouver this spring and summer...

Ce bulletin est destiné aux franchiseurs, aux dirigeants et gestionnaires de réseaux de franchises et aux consultants en franchisage.

The Safe Foods for Canadian Act (the Act) received Royal Assent in November 2012 and is anticipated to start taking effect at the beginning of 2015.

Franchise agreements often contain automatic renewal provisions.

On April 28, 2015, the Standing Committee on General Government voted to amend the Act’s reference to franchisors.

As an update to a previous Cassels article,1 the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court decision granting a franchisee's rescission claim based on non-disclosure...

The recent case of 1448244 Alberta Inc. v Asian Concepts Franchising Corporation ("Asian Concepts"), a decision of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, serves as a reminder of the importance of technical compliance with the disclosure requirements in Canada, particularly those relating to certificates of full disclosure, and of the consequences of failing to properly comply with those obligations.

The British Columbia (Canada) government has introduced a bill that will make it the sixth province in Canada to regulate franchising along with the provinces of Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

In May 2011, the BC Government amended the Recycling Regulation to include the Packaging and Printed Paper Product Category.

Cassels Brock has successfully resisted a franchisee’s appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal regarding a lower court’s decision to strike the franchisee’s statutory rescission claims.

When faced with the prospect of expanding a franchise into a new territory, many franchisors employ the model of master franchising.

A "Pet Valu" franchisee in Ontario claimed that sales were declining, so the owner tried to escape her franchise agreement.

An Existing Franchisee has Provided Notice to the Franchisor that it Wishes to Extend the Term of its Franchise Agreement, is the Franchisor Required to Deliver a Disclosure...

Each spring, franchisors across the country turn their attention towards updating their Canadian franchise disclosure documents (FDD) and related franchise agreements.

In the case of Treats International Franchise Corporation v. 2247383 Ontario Inc., an Ontario court has dismissed a summary judgment motion for rescission against a franchisor commenced by former franchisees and its principals.

Traditional bricks-and-mortar franchising is generally associated with businesses operating inside of malls, strip plazas, power centres or storefronts.